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· 10/14/2008

United States v. Chahia

Citations

  • 544 F.3d 890
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 21407
  • 2008 WL 4552950

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that a six and one-half month delay was not presumptively prejudicial in light of the large amount of discovery
  • recognizing “a ‘district court’s discretion is at its zenith when the issue [of a continuance] is raised close to the trial date’” (quoting United States v. Whitehead, 487 F.3d 1068, 1071 (8th Cir. 2007))
  • finding that delay between indictment and trial was “too short a time period to be presumptively prejudicial” and thus concluding that it “need not consider the remaining factors to find that no Sixth Amendment speedy trial violation occurred”
  • finding that delay between indictment and trial was “too short a time period to be presumptively prejudicial” and thus concluding that it “need not consider the remaining factors to find that no Sixth Amendment speedy trial violation occurred”
  • delay of approximately seven months is not presumptively prejudicial for speedy trial purposes

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Judges: Murphy, Bye and Shepherd, Circuit Judges

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